Nonfiction Quotes

Truth-telling as its own creative craft.

These nonfiction quotes defend the genre's staying power, opening with a confident claim that nonfiction is never going to die. One writer admits a lack of talent for it, while another insists working in nonfiction always means working with real, Genre-defying human characters.


A final line reframes nonfiction as a creative identity in itself, with one speaker calling themselves a nonfiction artist. For related reflections, see Expression quotes or Identity quotes.